Magazine change box for daylight-loading plate packs



July 9, -1929. o, BECKER 1,719,961

MAGAZINE CHANGE Box Fon DAYLIGHT LOADING PLATE PACKS Filed June`5. 1926 beets-sheet 1 July 9,1929 l o. BECKER 1.719.961

MAGAZINE CHANGE Box FOR lizlulLIefHT LOADING PLATE PACKS Filed June 5, 1926 5 sheets-sheet '2 L' :D l 313g July 9, 1929. '0, BECKER 1,719,961

IMAGAZIIJEI CHANGE BOX FOR DAYLIGHT LOADING PLATE PACKS Filed June 5, 192e s sheets-sheet 5 1111)"9, 1929- o. BECKER 1,719,961

MAGAZINE CHANGE BOXHFOR DAYLIGHT LOADING PLATE PACKS I Filed June 5, 192e s sheets-sheet `4 Jly 9, 1929. Q BECKER 1,719,961

MAGAZINE CHANGE BOX FOR DAYLIGHT LOADING PLATE PACKS Patented July 9, 1929.

UNITED STATES PATENT y OFFICE.

OSCAR B-EfJVKEIR.,I OF BEBLIN-TREPTOW, (SrililRlVIANY,V ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASS-IGN-` MENTS, TO 'AGFA ANSCO CORPORATION, 0F BNGHAMTON, NEW YORK', .AUDE-P0* RATION OF NEW YORK.

MAGAzrNE CHANGE Boxfnoa nAYLIGH'r-IQOADING PLATE PACKS. i

Application filed .Tune 5, 192,6Sera1 No. 113,936, andfn Germany `:fune 9, `1925..` *l

Magazine change boxes in which the box containing the pile of plates is provided with a slide by means of which the plate to be temporarily exposed is brought into the exposure position are well-known. i

Such change boxes, in which the plates atter being placed in a dark room in separate containers or sheaths must be inserted in the box, are for this reason inconvenient to manipulate, and, if they are constructed with sufficient exactness, must have considerable dimensions and weight, which make them diiicult to carry andunfavourably aliects the stability of the camera with-which they must be connected for the exposure. Also, the development of the pile of plates in the change box itself, which would simplify the process for amateurs and would render'the use of a dark room unnecessary, is not possible with these known constructions, since the box, which has to be used repeatedly, would be injured by the various liquids employed lin the Y development of the plates.`

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According to the present invention, the difficulties encounteredin connection with change boxes with drawer' and slide are obviated both as regards the weight and dimensions of the changebox and its manipulation and the simultaneous development of the plates. e

The essence of the invention lies in the fact that the removable drawer of the box providedwith a slide for the plate to be exposed, is formed as a package in which the plates are sold, and afterbeing used once, that is, after the exposure and development of the pile of plates, is thrown away, whilst the outer container for the reception-of the box (the adapter) `forms' a part of the photographicl apparatus, andpis connectedto it permanently or removably (according to the usual manner of connecting thefchange box with, the photographic apparatus).

The difficulties of carrying out the above described arrangement consist among others in making the package that serves in connection with the adapter as a change box so e stable that an exact exchange and an exact V adjustment of the plate to be exposed can be obtained. Further, that the package, in spite of its stability, and the fact that it made of sheet metal, is sufficiently light and of suiliciently small dimensions so that the adapter still its'in the usual groove of the apparatus in use. These diiiiculties are overcome according to the present invention Aby reason of the lfact that the Islide for closing light-tight the package is not, as formerly, guided inY slots parallel to the-upper surface of the plates,` whereby the width of the package is very much increased, 'and the package cannot be used in connection with apparatus having the ordinary grooves, but the package serving as a daylight loading plate pack is formed of three sheet metal casings connected to one` another so as to be light-v proof, namely of two superposed sheet metal casings which surround one another light- I tight longitudinally atfright anglesto the upper surfaces of the plates., and a third rsheet metal member which .forms acap orclosing light-tight theside of the package being open for changing the plates. e

f Moreparticularly, the package servingfas a lwithdrawablev box is constructed .of fthree light-,tight relatively displaceable ,casings,

namely the innermost part forming thebase of the package in which the plates are placed at itsrear endv and open at its'front end.l

Owing to the direct enclosure ofthe side walls oftheinner casingby thefside walls of the intermediate casing, which are for this purpose-bent on their -under surface, and of eov those of the intermediate ,casing by means o A,

the side walls of theouter casing whichalso are bent for this purpose ontheir undersurfaces, only'a smallspace isrequired for the package, which in the ldirection of its width requiresonly a few millimetres `more space than that corresponding to the'width ofthe plates, whilst 4theplates are enclosed; completely light-tight and at theysame time the various parts of the box areguided reliably `within oneanother, whichvis always Aniecessary in the correct changing of the'plates. At the same time the three members ofwhich the package is formed are easily connected with one another and vwith the adapterV so that either the whole package .can be withu serving as an exchangeable daylight loading pack which allows of the development of the plates as a pile by immersing the package in a developing fluid, consists in the arrangement bywhich the plates are inserted in the package merely by means of edge strips which can be slid overtheir longitudinal edges instead ofbeing provided with separate frames comprising ledges formed from the base. In this way it ispossible while at v the-'same time lessening the weight of the packing to keep the plates exactly parallel to one another in the pile, and alsoto ensure a uniform penetration of the developing rliquid in the space between the surface oftwo plates.

One form of construction of the invention l I is illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawings in which: Fig. 1vv is a cross-section of the package and thev adapter. fr Fig. 1a is a perspective View of in the side strips.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section on line 2-2 ofFig.1. Y f Y Fig. 3 is a plan. 1 K Fig.'4 is alongitudinal section on line 4,--4

a plate held of Fig, and v apparatus.

Fig. -5 is a cross-section on line 5--5 of Fig. 3 of the inner casing of the box serving also as the package- Fig.6isaplan. n p Y. Fig. 7 is a longitudinal section on line 7--7 of Fig. 6, and i Y Fig. 8 is a cross-section on line 8-8 of Fig. 6 ofthe intermediate member of the box.

Fig. 9 is a plan.

Fig. 10 is a longitudinal section .on line 10-.1O of Fig.9, and Y Fig. 11 is a cross section on line11-11 of Fig. 9 ofthe outer member of the package.

Fig. 12 is a plan. Y

Fig. V13 is a longitudinal section on line 13-13 of Fig. 12, and .y y f i Fig. 14 is a cross-section on linel 11k-111 of Fig.,"12-of the adapter forming part of the `Referring to Figs. 1 and 2, 1 1s the adapter in which. can' be inserted the box that serves as a package and contains the plates 2. Thel latter are not, as formerly, inserted in separate box-'shaped frames provided with bottom surfaces, but small U-shaped strips 3 are inserted around their side edges so that the plates are spaced apart exactly yat the same distance and parallel to one another.

One of these edge strips is shown on an enlargedscale in perspective in Fig. 1a. It extends over the front edge 1 of a plate, and the extended end 5 is believed to facilitate the covering of the exposed plate by the slide, and the guidingof the. plate during changing. The box that serves as a package for the plates v2 consists of three relatively displaceable casings 6, 7 and 8, namely the inner member 6 forming the base ofthe package, the member 7 forming the cover and slide for the package and the outer part 8.

The inner portion 6 consists as shown in Figs'S- ofa sheet metal portion with a base piece 9 and side walls 10, as well as a front end wall 11, whilst it is open at itsrear end 12. Near the side walls 10, leaf springs 13 are secured to or stamped out from the base 9 and are connected to the'base by a rear cover strip 14 and serve to press upwards the plates 2 laid directly upon these leaf springs.

For ensuring a light-tight closure between the inner portion 6 and intermediate portion 7, an end member 15, made of wood and covered v.with velvet, is inserted at the front wall 11 and is pressed upward by a leaf spring 16.

VBetween the member 15 and the front `wall 11 a projection 18 having a projecting handle 17 is displaceably arranged, the said projection passing through a slot in the base 9; The projection 18 may also serve directly as a support for the spring 16.

The side walls 10 of the inner member 6 are bent outwardly at their lower open ends 10 Fig. 3), in order to provide a funnel-shaped entrance for the plate to'be changed. vThey are also provided with bosses 19 which serve as-guides for the surrounding side walls of the intermediate portion 7.

The latter' is illustrated in Figs. 6-8. It consists of a cover plate 20with side walls 21 which have rectangularly bent portions 22 at the lower surfaces. f The casing is open at it-s rear end 23, .whilst at its front end it is Vprovided with a small strip 24 to which is secured a handle 25. The distance apart of the side sides of the cover portion 2O the intermediate y portionv 7 carries a row of pressed in bosses 20, which, during development, hold the uppermost plate at the same distance from the cover as the remaining plates are from one another. Y

rlhe outer member 8, which is shown in `Figs. f9-11, has side walls 27 with inwardly pressed projectionst28, whoseidistance apart corresponds to that .ofithe side walls 21 of theintermediatemember 7,-so .that these walls Acan be guided tightly `andyet easily within the side wallsi27 of :the f outer member. 4side walls 27 are provided on their under surfaces with bent .edges'29 `which lie with .theiixouter part under `.the bent edges 22 of ,the intermediate `member 7, and which lie with their inner `slightly bent inwards `:porition '30 directly under athe'base of the inner member. Thus :the relatively idisplaceable `members of lthe package are guided .perfect- :lyrlight proof with thesmallestwidth dimensions. -f

.The .outer member 8 is open at its front end 31. l'The `side walls .are stiifened by up- :per cross members 32. yclosed 4wall .33 having on kits upper edge a :bent over cross strip 34, ybeneath which at a 'small 4distance `from `and parallel to it is a .cross `strip by `means Vof which the front edge 36 .of the coverl'member 2O of the interfmediate portion 7 can be Iforced into position -into the space between the cross strips 34 and 35, .so that the upper rear `edge of the package is completely enclosed light-tight. Beneath the cross'striplareftwo projections 35 (Figs. 9 and 10) along .the front edges .of which the ae'xposed vplate is guided. Beneath ithese Aprojections there is a transverse strip 35 parallel tothe strip35,which when the rear end .of the base 9 is pushed in lies .above the latter and ensures a light-tiglit clo- ,sure ofthe lower yrear edgeJof the package. .Openings 37 are provided -in the end wall 33 which .can be made light-tight by pasting stripsover :themior by makingthem in labyrinth formand through which a liquid can penetrate, so that after Aremoval of the strips the openings are `free and the enclosed 'packrage, after the plates Vhave been exposed, can

tbe immersed directly 1in the developer which enters through the openings in the packing and rises .betweenthe plates, which are in athis way developed. At `the front end of the side walls 27 ofthe outer member 8 stamped .out-'notches `38 are provided, which co-operate `with ithecatches 2,6 of theside walls21 of the intermediate member 7, so that the latter cannot Ehe completely `withdrawn lfrom the iouterfcasing. Also, a recess 30 `is'provided iin the Ybent strip 30 vof one of the side walls `27 of the outer member 8 into which recess fthe 4projection 18 (see Fig. 4)'.can enter, so lthatthe outer and inner members are rigidly secured '-to one 1another,.and the inner mem- 1bei' rftogether witlilthe intermediate memlber 7 `can only 'be removed fromV the outer member 8 after the projection 18 has `been disengaged from the recess of the strip 30 fby lraising the `handle 17.

The adapter 1 ("Figs. 1 fand 2'), which ymay l be detachably 1 or permanently secured .to the These At its rear end is a y the package, and

photographicapparatus, consists as shown in i wall 42 of the casing is provided with an opening or window 43 corresponding to the surface ofV the plates rto be exposed. Strips of velvet 44 ensure a light-tight closure `between the adapter and the package. Side walls 45 complete the adapter. The package is secured in the adapter by projections 46 inserted through openings in the under surface of .the adapter, and engaging with corresponding notches 46 in the under side of the outer member -8 of the package. These projections are arranged on a leaf spring 47, and, when the package is to be `removed from the adapter, can be freed from the 1 4'notches in the package by a laterallynprojecting handle 48 which is secured to the leaf spring 47. In this case a leaf spring 49, secured to the inner siderof the wall 40, presses the packagefforwards, so .that it can conveniently be gripped by the hand and removed through the opening 41. To the-inner side of the base 39 of the adapter are secured 4further leaf springs 50, which press the box against the exposure window,

the openings 37 for the developing liquid are uncovered by tearing off the covering strips, .and 'the package is immersed in the liquid, which penetrates through the vopenings in rises between the plates, after which .the developed plates can be liXed in a similar way while -stillin 'a pile.

.Having now particularly describedand ascertained the natui'e of my said invention and a in what maniiertlie same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is z- 1. A package adapted to contain photographic plates comprising 'casing slidably displacea-ble and; a cover enclosing said `constitute a container `having an .open end.

i3. 'Ihe structure as in claim r41 wherein said `inner .casing and said intermediate caswhilst leaf i. springs 51 securedl to the cover 42 of thewhen the drawer is g to be developed,after a drawer con-sist- I ing of an inner casing and an intermediate Thev upperv covering Tlfl 0 inner casing and said intermediate casing, said cover and casings being ing constitute a container having an open end and said cover has an end which forms a light-tight closure for said open end.

4. In a magazine change box i'or cameras, the combination with an adapter, of a removable drawer forming a package for the plates and provided with a -slide covering and separating the plate to be exposed, the-said' drawer comprising an inner and an intermediate casing which are relatively displaceable and which surround one another lighttight on their longitudinal edges, and a third outer casing which closes light-tight the open transversal side of the inner casings.

5. In a magazine change box tor cameras, the combination with an adapter, of a removable drawer forming a package for the plates, the said drawer comprising an inner and an intermediate casing which are relatively displaceable and which surround one another light-tight on their longitudinal edges, the longitudinal walls of the intermediate casing being bent around the corresponding walls of the inner easing, and a third outer sheet metal casing which closes light-tight the open transversal'side of the two inner casings.

6. In a magazine change box for cameras, the combination with an adapter, ola removable'drawer forming a package for the plates i and provided with a slide coveringl and separating the plate to be exposed, the said drawer comprising an inner and an intermediate casing which are relatively displaceable and which surround one another lighttight on their longitudinal edges, the longitudinal walls or the intermediate casing being bent around the corresponding walls of theinner casing, and a third outer casing which closes light-tight the open transversal lside of theV two inner casings, this third cas-l ing also being provided with 'side walls which enclose externally the intermediate casing. i

7 In a magazine change box for cameras, the combination with an adapter, of a removable drawer'forming a package for the plates and provided withra slide covering and separating the plate to be exposed, the said drawer comprising an inner .and an intermediate casing which are relatively displaceable and which surroundV one another lighttight on their longitudinal edges, the longitudinal walls of the intermediate casing being Vbent around the corresponding walls of the inner casing so that the bent strips lie under the base of the inner casing, and a third outer Y casing which closes light-tight the open i transversal side of the two inner casings, this Y l third casing also being provided with side walls which enclose externally the intermediate casing, vand which side walls are also bent at their lower edges, so that their bent strips lie'with their outer bent portion under the bent strips of the intermediate casing and 8. In a magazine change box for cameras,

the combination with an adapter, of a removable drawer orming a package for the plates and provided with a slide covering and separating the plate to be exposed, the said drawei'con'iprising an inner and an intermediate casing which are relatively displaceable and which surround one another light-tight on their longitudinal edges, the side walls of the inner casing being provided with bosses formed by pressing out the walls, the side walls of the intermediate casing being bent at their lower edges, so that the bent strips lie under the base of the inner casing, and a third outer casing which closes light-tight lthe open transversal side of the rtwo inner casings, the third casingV also being provided with side walls which enclose externally the intermediate casing, and which side walls are provided with recesses formed by pressing said walls inwardly and are also bent at their lower edges, so that their bent strips lie with their outer bent portion under the bent strips of the intermediate casing and with their inner bent'portion under the base portion of the inner casing. i

9, In a magazineichange box for cameras, the combination with an adapter, of a removable drawer forming a package for the plates, the said drawer comprising an inner and an intermediate sheet metal casing which are relatively displaceable and which surround one another light-tight on their longitudinal edges, the side walls of the inner casing being provided with bosses formed by pressingout the walls, the Vside walls of the intermediate casing being bent at their lower edges to ensure the light-tight closure ofthe sidewalls of the inner member, so that the bent strips lie under the Vbase of the inner casing, land a third outer sheet metal casing which closes light tight the openl transversal side of the two inner casings, the third casing also being provided with side walls which enclose externally the intermediate casing, and which side walls are provided with recesses formed by pressing said walls inwardly and are also bent at their lower edges, so that their bent strips lie with their outer bentY portion under the bent strips of the intermediate casing and with their Vinner lbent portion under the base portion of the inner casing, the inner casing being connected to the outer casing by means of a catch and being provided with a handle projecting from its front surface, so -that the inner casing with the coverslide can be removed, after engagement of the catch, from the outer easing for the purpose of changing a plate. i Y f e v 10. In a magazine box for cameras, the combination with an adapter, of a removable drawer forming a package for the plates and provided with a slide covering'and'separating theplate to be exposed, the said:v drawer comprising an inner and an intermediate casing which are relatively displaceable and whichy surroundone another; light-tight on their longitudinal edges, the side .walls of the inner casing being providedv with bosses formed by pressing out the walls, the side walls of the intermediate casing being bent at their lower edges toensure the light-tight closure of the side walls of the inner member, so that the bent strips lie under the base of the inner casing, and a third outer sheet metal casingwhich closes light-tight the open transversal side of the two inner casings, the third casing alsobeing provided with side walls which enclose externally the intermediate casing and which side walls are provided-.with

recesses forme'd `by pressing said walls in` wardly and are also bent at their lower edges, l so that their Mbent strips lie with their outer j bent portion under the bent ,strips` of the intermediate casing and with their inner bent portion under the base portionl of the inner casing, the intermediate casing Vbeing provided withl projections at the rear ends of its sidewalls which cooperate,when the intermediate casing is being drawn out, with notches pressed in from the side wallsof the outer casing, the inner casing being connected: to the outer casing by means of a catch and being provided with: a handle projecting from its front surface, so that the inner casing with the cover slide can be removed, after engagement of the catch, from the outer casing for the purpose of changing a plate.

l1. In a magazine change box for cameras, the combination with an adapter, of a removable 'drawer forming a package for the plates and provided with a slide covering and separating the plate to be exposed, the said drawer comprising an inner and an intermediate sheet metal casing which are relatively displaceable and which surround one another light-tight on their longitudinal edges, the side walls of the inner casing being provided with bosses formed by pressing out the walls, the side walls of the intermediate casing being bent at their lower'edges to ensure the light-tight closure of the side walls of the 1nner member, so that the bent strips lie under the base of the inner casing, and a third outer casing which closes light-tight the open transversal side of the two inner casings, the third casing also being provided with side walls which enclose externally the intermediate casing serving as a slide at right angles to the upper surfaces of the plates, and which side walls are provided with recesses formed by pressing said Walls inwardly and are also bent at their lower edges, so that their bent strips lie with their outer bent portion under the bent strips of the intermediate casing and with their inner bent portion under the base portion of the inner casing, the intermediate casing being provided with projections at the rear ends of' its side walls` which@ cooperate, when the intermediate casing-,isbeing drawn out, witlii notches pressed4 in from the. side walls of the outer casino,V and the coyering surface of the intermediate casing having near itsv longitudinal edges; bosses Vprojecting towards the interior and pressingagainst the -upmost plate, the inner casingbeing connected to the outer casing byV means of al catch and being provided with a handleprojecting from its front surface',;so that the inner casing with the cover slide can be removed', after engagement of the catch, from tlieouter casing for the purpose of changing apl'ate.v

12.: Ina magazine change boxv for cameras, the combination with an adapter, kof, a-removable drawer forming a package for the-plates and provided with a slide covering and separating the plate to be exposed, the said drawer comprising an innerand an intermediatecaszing which are relatively displaoeable and which surround one another light-tight. on their longitudinal edges, the side walls ofthe inner casing being provided with bosses formed by pressing out the walls, thesid'e walls of the intermediate casing being bent at their lower edges to ensure the'light-tight closure of Jthe'side wallsofqthe inner member, so that the'bent strips lie under the-base of the inner casing, and a tliirdl outer casing which closes light-.tight the open transversal side of the two inner casings, the third; casing also being provided with side walls which enclose externally the intermediate casing serving as a sli-de at right angles to the upper surfaces of the plates, and which side walls are provided with recesses formed by pressing said walls inwardly and are also bent at their lower edges, so that their bent strips lie with their outer bent portion under the bent strips of the intermediate casing and with their inner bent portion under the base portion of the inner casing, the outer casing having in its wall openings, closed light-tight, at suitable positions, in order that the plates may be developed and fixed in the removable drawer, the intermediate casing being provided with projections at the rear ends of its side walls which cooperate, vwhen the intermediate casing is being drawn out, with notches pressed in from the side walls of the outer casing, and the covering surface of the intermediate casing having near its longitudinal edges bosses projecting towards the interior and pressing against the upmost plate, the inner casing being connected to the outer casing by means of a catch and being provided with a handle projecting from its front surface, so that the inner casing with the cover slide can be removed, after engagement of the catch, from the outer casing for the purpose of changing a plate.

1.3. In a magazine change box for cameras, the combination with an adapter, of a removable drawer forming a package for the plates and provided witha slide covering and separating the plate to be'exposed, the plates being bordered along their longitudinal edges by side strips andbeing readily formed into a pile, thesaid drawer comprising an inner and an vintermediate casing which are relatively displaceable and which surround one another light-tight on theirglongitudinal 4open transversal side of the two inner casings, the third casing also being provided with side Walls which enclose externally the intermediate casing serving as a slide at right angles to the upper surfaces of the plates, and which side walls are provided with recesses formed by pressing said walls inwardly and are also bent at their lower edges, so that their bent strips lie with their outer bent portion under the bent strips of the intermediate oasing and with their inner bent portion under the base portion of the inner casing, the outer casing having in its wall openings, closed light-tight, at suitable positions, in order that the plates may be developed and fixed in the iQriae'ei removable drawer, the intermediate casing being provided with projections at the rear ends of its walls which cooperate, when the intermediate casing is being drawn out, with notches pressed from the side walls of the outer casing, and the covering surface of the intermediate casing having near its longitudinal edges bosses project-ing towards the interior and pressing against the bordering sidestrips of the upmost plate, the inner'casing being connected to the outer casing by means of'a catch and being provided with a handle projecting from its front surface, so that the inner casingv with the cover slide can be removed, after engagement of the catch, from the outer casing for the purpose *of changing a plate.

14. ln a magazine change b'oX for cameras, the combination with an adapter permanentlymounted in the cameras and having spring actuated catches passing through openings therein, of a drawer adapted to contain photographic'plates for slidable insertion in said adapter, said. drawer having openings therein to receive saidcatches the adapter being provided with spring means urging said drawer forwardly out of said adapter when said catches are released. Y

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

` OSCAR BECKER. 

